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Bellevue Airfield (abandoned)

Bellevue Airfield (abandoned)
© Google Maps
(2005-07-28)
Been here before to find a geocache (Ghosts of Runways Past). http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?id=91641

Much of the original airfield has been built upon. The rest is run by the city parks department. Theres some sort of electrical substation nearby.

There are still remains of the paved runway and taxiway. The runway line is still visible; I presume the runway number is buried under the dirt and grass that is reclaiming the land.

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Ramp to the taxiway
Helipad, which looked freshly painted a year ago...
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Plymouth Rock

Plymouth Rock
© Google Maps
(2005-07-23)
Some have called it "the most disappointing landmark in America". Plymouth Rock, believed to be the rock the Pilgrims first set foot on, is about a meter wide and half a meter high, with a few cracks filled in with concrete, and the number "1620" carved into one side. It lies in the sand beneath a grand portico (easily ten times its size in area and over 15 feet high) on the souvenir-shop-littered waterfront of Plymouth, MA.

You walk up, look down, see the rock, stare at it for a bit to see if you can find something interesting about it, and then lose interest. Presumably you then walk across the street to one of dozens of shops selling shirts and knick-knacks with something New Englandy on it.

All is not lost. Mayflower II is a short walk up the street, and Plimoth Plantation is barely the next town over.

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Qwest Field with WSU game in progress

Qwest Field with King Street Station in foreground
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Game in progress 9/06/06
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Renton Municipal Airport (RNT)

Renton Municipal Airport (RNT)
© Google Maps
(2005-05-25)
Wish I could have gotten better shots of a sign or something...
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Boston Museum of Science

Boston Museum of Science
© Bing Maps
(2005-04-28)
We spent most of a day during our one-week trip to Boston at Museum of Science. While there was lots of new stuff, and some old stuff gone that I missed, there were a number of things that simply hadn't changed, which made me feel right at home.

Ethan's arrangement of minerals by "shininess"
A concave sphere mirror. Photo taken with camera upside down.

Fort Vancouver National Historic Site

Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
© Google Maps
(2005-04-27)
Plaque outside Grant House

LDS Temple - Seattle

LDS Temple - Seattle
© Google Maps
(2005-04-25)
Exit gate and guard station (!)
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Climate Pledge Arena

Climate Pledge Arena
© Google Maps
(2005-04-25)
View from the Space Needle
View from the Space Needle

Tacoma Dome

Tacoma Dome
© Google Maps
(2005-04-25)
I-5 S, 60 MPH
I couldn't have timed this one better for this site.

Boston City Hall

Boston City Hall
© Bing Maps
By nic
(2005-04-16)
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